The chairs used in Share-a-Chair were unwanted, some left for pick up on North Shore streets. See the gallery for a closer look at each unique chair; the paint brings cohesion to the messy aggregate for a common purpose: a procession and poetry reading in the park. Given new life for the brief performance, many were soon appropriated for play, then spectacle, destroyed and dismantled. Scroll down to previous posts for the full journey.

Lafayette Park is called Bum Park, Drugville, and Hobo Park by some locals. Everyone says it casually. But these negative viewpoints don’t include the park’s assets, they don’t acknowledge the greater social issues at play, and don’t leave room in our imagination for greater inclusive visions for a green space at the intersection of several of Salem’s discreet areas.